Re: [proposal] IRC Meeting
2010/8/30 Francesca Ciceri <madamezou@yahoo.it>:
> 3. Statistics: ok, we have done the first step. We have some numbers on
> which discuss. But I think we can analyze much deeper this number, or if we
> need, add more. I can try to compile a stastics for male DD/DM to compare the
> female contributors statistics to something. Or we can compare it with data
> of non-Debian female contributor to see if it is a problem in Debian or a
> a general women problem (probably this, but we need to verify our past job,
> doesn't we?) Hint:
> what about other distros? Do they have similar statistics about female
> contributors? I've searched a little and I've found an Ubuntu Census Survey[1]
> that's not gender-related and not very interesting cause the sample is build
> not only from developers but also from users (based on devel-ML but also
> users' forums). The women percentage, indeed, is
> 2,4%.
>
> More interesting, I think, the FLOSS-POLS' studies: not really updated but
> things aren't change so much. I'm trying to understand something from this
> [2].
I'm very interested in this point. I think that it is important to
have data to decide which are the most important obstacles for having
more female developers and at which point are we not attracting them.
> These are the point I think we can discuss. So, if you're ok with the meeting
> we can decide the date ;)
A new IRC meeting is OK for me :)
Greetings,
Miry
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